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timely messages to inspire your faith
From devotional videos and sermons to blog posts with a personal twist, find biblical encouragement and teaching that fuels your spiritual fire.
the blog
timely messages to inspire your faith
From devotional videos and sermons to blog posts with a personal twist, find biblical encouragement and teaching that fuels your spiritual fire.
Made to Be
I quickly forget who I am made to be. It's so easy to become swamped by everything I'm not. It's a smooth transition to forget who I am and crave to be someone else. It's sometimes effortless to think less of myself and more of what others are. {anyone feel me on...
Press In
I am literally so excited for this upcoming year; new beginnings, new opportunities and new blessings all waiting to come alive in the next twelve months. And I am so stoked to finally start blogging again! I have taken a break for quite awhile; with crazy schedules...
When God feels like a Mystery
Some of you may know {from my occasional tweets} that this summer I have been taking a New Testament Greek class. {and for those of you who didn't know...well now you do!} Basically the class is comprised of learning as much Greek as possible in 5 four hour classes....
Index Card
Two years ago my life was flipped upside down. In an emotionally packed series of events, I lost both my church home of 14 years and church family, with my dignity and worth in tow. I've blogged about this experience before, so there is no need to go into the...
My Biggest Faith Shift
I realize I have lived most of my life blind. As I look back through an entire lifetime at church and youth group, I see how I completely missed the point of it all. I lived as a Christian, in a Christian home for 24 years; And yet I still had no idea what my faith...
The Clench
These past few months have been so crazy. Like jaw dropping. Heart pounding. Divinely inspired. Simply ridiculous. God has been working on me in ways that I never knew were possible, teaching me truth in his word that I never knew existed and doing things in my life...
Glorious Chains
The Sunday before last I had an unbelievable day with God. I am trying a new discipline where Sunday is not only a day of rest, but a day to fill up on God's word and breathe in his wisdom and truth. In the evening I was listening to a message from a church that I...
Restore the Sparkle
As many of you may know, I have endured a terribly difficult season of life for the past two years. I experienced a state of depression that was completely paralyzing and shook me to my core. I have written before about this time in my life, with all the muddy, dark...
Claim It.
Last night I had the incredible opportunity and absolute privilege to speak at my women's bible study. {I still can't believe that I am speaking again after two long years, thank you Lord!} Our topic for this semester is {The Unspoken Word: Insecurity} and last night...
The Battle of the Wills.
Obedience. A word that so often scares us off. A word that challenges who we are at our very core. A word that can make or break our circumstances and future. A word that can define our faith, determine our trust and shape our lives. And yet with the power of that...
Untouchable.
For as long as I can remember I've been insecure. {wow. what a way to start a post!} For as long as I can recall I've had body image issues. {how about that for some open heart truth?} For as long as I can recollect I've been holding on to and watering a lie that has...
Never Say Never.
In honor of my first post of 2012, I thought that it would only be proper to talk about my first post from last year. Last New Year was, to say the least, interesting. {Well... if I'm being completely honest... it was completely awful.} My family this time last year...
The Precedent.
Almost this exact day last year I wrote a post about my natural instinct to force God's plan in my life. {or maybe just nudge God in the right direction...and by that I mean my direction} I wrote about the story of Abraham and his sons, Isaac and Ishmael. {I'm not...
Cornered.
One. More. Class. That is what separates me and a three week long, relaxing and rejuvenating semester break. I cannot even believe that the semester is basically over! {I have no idea where all of the time went.} The last I remember it was August and I was just...
Mundanely Divine.
Life has been crazy. It's literally the kind of crazy where you find yourself always running to the next thing: Constantly doing something. Meeting someone. Completing this homework. Reading that assignment. Attending that meeting. Basically scrambling around trying...
Blessing and Brokenness.
Have you ever had one of those days where you keep hearing the same lesson over and over again? {I am having one of those mornings...and also one of those mornings that coffee's power is no match for my present sleepiness...} While at work I try to listen to sermons...
Temporary.
As of Monday I am temporarily working at my old Administrative position. {yes...the one that I was depressed in...notice how I said temporarily} To make a long story short, the woman who took my place when I left has taken another job. With the Christmas Party...
The Next Ten.
In light of my birthday post on Wednesday, I began to think not only about my blessings from the past year, but the complete difference in my life from this birthday and last birthday. From the early fall to late spring last year I worked as an Administrative...
A lil’ bit of this. A lil’ bit of that.
I realized today that I haven't really blogged at all about my seminary experience so far! To basically sum it up, I can say that it's like trying to drink from a fire hose. {that's the analogy that I was told anyway...} The amount of required reading each week is...
Bring the Rain.
A few years ago my favorite song to play in the car was "Bring the Rain" by MercyMe. If you aren't familiar with the song, here are the lyrics: I can count a million times People asking me how I Can praise You with all that I've gone through The question just amazes...
Made to Be
I quickly forget who I am made to be. It's so easy to become swamped by everything I'm not. It's a smooth transition to forget who I am and crave to be someone else. It's sometimes effortless to think less of myself and more of what others are. {anyone feel me on...
Press In
I am literally so excited for this upcoming year; new beginnings, new opportunities and new blessings all waiting to come alive in the next twelve months. And I am so stoked to finally start blogging again! I have taken a break for quite awhile; with crazy schedules...
When God feels like a Mystery
Some of you may know {from my occasional tweets} that this summer I have been taking a New Testament Greek class. {and for those of you who didn't know...well now you do!} Basically the class is comprised of learning as much Greek as possible in 5 four hour classes....
Index Card
Two years ago my life was flipped upside down. In an emotionally packed series of events, I lost both my church home of 14 years and church family, with my dignity and worth in tow. I've blogged about this experience before, so there is no need to go into the...
My Biggest Faith Shift
I realize I have lived most of my life blind. As I look back through an entire lifetime at church and youth group, I see how I completely missed the point of it all. I lived as a Christian, in a Christian home for 24 years; And yet I still had no idea what my faith...
The Clench
These past few months have been so crazy. Like jaw dropping. Heart pounding. Divinely inspired. Simply ridiculous. God has been working on me in ways that I never knew were possible, teaching me truth in his word that I never knew existed and doing things in my life...
Glorious Chains
The Sunday before last I had an unbelievable day with God. I am trying a new discipline where Sunday is not only a day of rest, but a day to fill up on God's word and breathe in his wisdom and truth. In the evening I was listening to a message from a church that I...
Restore the Sparkle
As many of you may know, I have endured a terribly difficult season of life for the past two years. I experienced a state of depression that was completely paralyzing and shook me to my core. I have written before about this time in my life, with all the muddy, dark...
Claim It.
Last night I had the incredible opportunity and absolute privilege to speak at my women's bible study. {I still can't believe that I am speaking again after two long years, thank you Lord!} Our topic for this semester is {The Unspoken Word: Insecurity} and last night...
The Battle of the Wills.
Obedience. A word that so often scares us off. A word that challenges who we are at our very core. A word that can make or break our circumstances and future. A word that can define our faith, determine our trust and shape our lives. And yet with the power of that...
Untouchable.
For as long as I can remember I've been insecure. {wow. what a way to start a post!} For as long as I can recall I've had body image issues. {how about that for some open heart truth?} For as long as I can recollect I've been holding on to and watering a lie that has...
Never Say Never.
In honor of my first post of 2012, I thought that it would only be proper to talk about my first post from last year. Last New Year was, to say the least, interesting. {Well... if I'm being completely honest... it was completely awful.} My family this time last year...
The Precedent.
Almost this exact day last year I wrote a post about my natural instinct to force God's plan in my life. {or maybe just nudge God in the right direction...and by that I mean my direction} I wrote about the story of Abraham and his sons, Isaac and Ishmael. {I'm not...
Cornered.
One. More. Class. That is what separates me and a three week long, relaxing and rejuvenating semester break. I cannot even believe that the semester is basically over! {I have no idea where all of the time went.} The last I remember it was August and I was just...
Mundanely Divine.
Life has been crazy. It's literally the kind of crazy where you find yourself always running to the next thing: Constantly doing something. Meeting someone. Completing this homework. Reading that assignment. Attending that meeting. Basically scrambling around trying...
Blessing and Brokenness.
Have you ever had one of those days where you keep hearing the same lesson over and over again? {I am having one of those mornings...and also one of those mornings that coffee's power is no match for my present sleepiness...} While at work I try to listen to sermons...
Temporary.
As of Monday I am temporarily working at my old Administrative position. {yes...the one that I was depressed in...notice how I said temporarily} To make a long story short, the woman who took my place when I left has taken another job. With the Christmas Party...
The Next Ten.
In light of my birthday post on Wednesday, I began to think not only about my blessings from the past year, but the complete difference in my life from this birthday and last birthday. From the early fall to late spring last year I worked as an Administrative...
A lil’ bit of this. A lil’ bit of that.
I realized today that I haven't really blogged at all about my seminary experience so far! To basically sum it up, I can say that it's like trying to drink from a fire hose. {that's the analogy that I was told anyway...} The amount of required reading each week is...
Bring the Rain.
A few years ago my favorite song to play in the car was "Bring the Rain" by MercyMe. If you aren't familiar with the song, here are the lyrics: I can count a million times People asking me how I Can praise You with all that I've gone through The question just amazes...